Kenneth Lee McCoy, 72, died in Memphis, Tennessee, on July 12, 2020. He was predeceased by his parents, Roy Flippin McCoy and Virginia Ward McCoy, and by his brother, James Ward McCoy. He leaves his sister-in-law Janelle McCoy and his nephew James David McCoy(Kim), plus their children: Kalie, Jackson, & Taylor.
Ken graduated from Messick High School and from Bethel College; he then enrolled in Memphis Theological Seminary, simultaneously serving as supply pastor for Pleasant Grove Cumberland Presbyterian (C.P.) Church in Moscow, Tennessee. After being ordained in 1976, he served for 12 years as pastor of Court Avenue C. P. Church in Selmer, Tennessee. He also served in different positions at the C. P. Center in Memphis, then at Bethel College. After returning to Memphis in 1994, he lived with and cared for his parents, while also serving as pastor of Bethel C.P. Church near Atoka.
also article written by Matthew Gore
Ministry Council of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church
https://cpcmc.org/rev-kenneth-lee-mccoy/
The Reverend Kenneth Lee McCoy, 72, died in Memphis, Tennessee, on July 12, 2020. He struggled to control his diabetes and was in poor health for the last several years of his life. Known often as Ken, to some as Kenny, and to a dwindling few as Roy’s Boy, the Reverend McCoy was a long-time preacher in Madison and Memphis Presbyteries and then, after middle judicatory realignment, West Tennessee Presbytery. His was a personality, and a voice, larger than life.
Ken was born to Roy Flippin McCoy and Virgina Dale Ward McCoy on January 22, 1948, in Memphis. Roy was a hotel and restaurant inspector for the state of Tennessee. Ken’s uncle was the Reverend Lewis Edgar McCoy, a Cumberland Presbyterian Minister.
Ken was educated in the Memphis city schools, graduating from Messick High School in 1966. He was a “band nerd” and played trombone. He attended Bethel College in the late 1960s when the school thrived from an influx of students, many from New Jersey, spurred by Vietnam era draft deferments. He thrived in his music classes.
Ken lived just off Bethel’s campus at the near legendary “Pop Johnson’s.” His circle of close college friends became his extended family.
Ken came under the care of Memphis Presbytery on April 13, 1967. After graduation from Bethel, he attended Memphis Theological Seminary. While in seminary, Ken served as supply pastor for Pleasant Grove in Moscow, Tennessee, and worked as education minister for Wesleyan Hills United Methodist Church in Memphis.
Ken was licensed April 15, 1972, and ordained at East Side Cumberland Presbyterian, his home church, on January 25, 1976. The Reverend Hinkley Smartt preached the ordination sermon. The Reverend Dr. E. Colvin Baird asked the questions preparatory to ordination and the Reverend Paul Allen delivered the charge. After ordination, Court Avenue Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Selmer, Tennessee (Madison Presbytery), called Ken as pastor. He served Court Avenue from April 1976, to November, 1988.
He worked from 1989 to 1992 for the Central Accounting Division at the Cumberland Presbyterian Center while it was located on Union Avenue followed by Bethel College from 1992 to 1994 as a residence hall director until he suffered an unfortunate accident on campus.
In 1994, when Ken needed to return to Memphis to care for his aging parents, Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Church near Atoka, Tennessee, called and Ken served as pastor until recently retiring. According to people who believe such things, the cemetery at Bethel, with markers dating back to the 1830s, is the most haunted place in West Tennessee. Ken scoffed at the idea.
Ken was unmarried.
This article is unfinished.
At Ken's request, a memorial service will be postponed until after the Covid-19 crisis. Memorials may be sent to the institution or charity of your choice.
Ken graduated from Messick High School and from Bethel College; he then enrolled in Memphis Theological Seminary, simultaneously serving as supply pastor for Pleasant Grove Cumberland Presbyterian (C.P.) Church in Moscow, Tennessee. After being ordained in 1976, he served for 12 years as pastor of Court Avenue C. P. Church in Selmer, Tennessee. He also served in different positions at the C. P. Center in Memphis, then at Bethel College. After returning to Memphis in 1994, he lived with and cared for his parents, while also serving as pastor of Bethel C.P. Church near Atoka.
also article written by Matthew Gore
Ministry Council of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church
https://cpcmc.org/rev-kenneth-lee-mccoy/
The Reverend Kenneth Lee McCoy, 72, died in Memphis, Tennessee, on July 12, 2020. He struggled to control his diabetes and was in poor health for the last several years of his life. Known often as Ken, to some as Kenny, and to a dwindling few as Roy’s Boy, the Reverend McCoy was a long-time preacher in Madison and Memphis Presbyteries and then, after middle judicatory realignment, West Tennessee Presbytery. His was a personality, and a voice, larger than life.
Ken was born to Roy Flippin McCoy and Virgina Dale Ward McCoy on January 22, 1948, in Memphis. Roy was a hotel and restaurant inspector for the state of Tennessee. Ken’s uncle was the Reverend Lewis Edgar McCoy, a Cumberland Presbyterian Minister.
Ken was educated in the Memphis city schools, graduating from Messick High School in 1966. He was a “band nerd” and played trombone. He attended Bethel College in the late 1960s when the school thrived from an influx of students, many from New Jersey, spurred by Vietnam era draft deferments. He thrived in his music classes.
Ken lived just off Bethel’s campus at the near legendary “Pop Johnson’s.” His circle of close college friends became his extended family.
Ken came under the care of Memphis Presbytery on April 13, 1967. After graduation from Bethel, he attended Memphis Theological Seminary. While in seminary, Ken served as supply pastor for Pleasant Grove in Moscow, Tennessee, and worked as education minister for Wesleyan Hills United Methodist Church in Memphis.
Ken was licensed April 15, 1972, and ordained at East Side Cumberland Presbyterian, his home church, on January 25, 1976. The Reverend Hinkley Smartt preached the ordination sermon. The Reverend Dr. E. Colvin Baird asked the questions preparatory to ordination and the Reverend Paul Allen delivered the charge. After ordination, Court Avenue Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Selmer, Tennessee (Madison Presbytery), called Ken as pastor. He served Court Avenue from April 1976, to November, 1988.
He worked from 1989 to 1992 for the Central Accounting Division at the Cumberland Presbyterian Center while it was located on Union Avenue followed by Bethel College from 1992 to 1994 as a residence hall director until he suffered an unfortunate accident on campus.
In 1994, when Ken needed to return to Memphis to care for his aging parents, Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Church near Atoka, Tennessee, called and Ken served as pastor until recently retiring. According to people who believe such things, the cemetery at Bethel, with markers dating back to the 1830s, is the most haunted place in West Tennessee. Ken scoffed at the idea.
Ken was unmarried.
This article is unfinished.
At Ken's request, a memorial service will be postponed until after the Covid-19 crisis. Memorials may be sent to the institution or charity of your choice.
Kenneth Lee McCoy, 72, died in Memphis, Tennessee, on July 12, 2020. He was predeceased by his parents, Roy Flippin McCoy and Virginia Ward McCoy, and by his brother, James Ward McCoy. He leaves his sister-in-law Janelle McCoy and his nephew James David McCoy(Kim), plus their children: Kalie, Jackson, & Taylor.
Ken graduated from Messick High School and from Bethel College; he then enrolled in Memphis Theological Seminary, simultaneously serving as supply pastor for Pleasant Grove Cumberland Presbyterian (C.P.) Church in Moscow, Tennessee. After being ordained in 1976, he served for 12 years as pastor of Court Avenue C. P. Church in Selmer, Tennessee. He also served in different positions at the C. P. Center in Memphis, then at Bethel College. After returning to Memphis in 1994, he lived with and cared for his parents, while also serving as pastor of Bethel C.P. Church near Atoka.
also article written by Matthew Gore
Ministry Council of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church
https://cpcmc.org/rev-kenneth-lee-mccoy/
The Reverend Kenneth Lee McCoy, 72, died in Memphis, Tennessee, on July 12, 2020. He struggled to control his diabetes and was in poor health for the last several years of his life. Known often as Ken, to some as Kenny, and to a dwindling few as Roy’s Boy, the Reverend McCoy was a long-time preacher in Madison and Memphis Presbyteries and then, after middle judicatory realignment, West Tennessee Presbytery. His was a personality, and a voice, larger than life.
Ken was born to Roy Flippin McCoy and Virgina Dale Ward McCoy on January 22, 1948, in Memphis. Roy was a hotel and restaurant inspector for the state of Tennessee. Ken’s uncle was the Reverend Lewis Edgar McCoy, a Cumberland Presbyterian Minister.
Ken was educated in the Memphis city schools, graduating from Messick High School in 1966. He was a “band nerd” and played trombone. He attended Bethel College in the late 1960s when the school thrived from an influx of students, many from New Jersey, spurred by Vietnam era draft deferments. He thrived in his music classes.
Ken lived just off Bethel’s campus at the near legendary “Pop Johnson’s.” His circle of close college friends became his extended family.
Ken came under the care of Memphis Presbytery on April 13, 1967. After graduation from Bethel, he attended Memphis Theological Seminary. While in seminary, Ken served as supply pastor for Pleasant Grove in Moscow, Tennessee, and worked as education minister for Wesleyan Hills United Methodist Church in Memphis.
Ken was licensed April 15, 1972, and ordained at East Side Cumberland Presbyterian, his home church, on January 25, 1976. The Reverend Hinkley Smartt preached the ordination sermon. The Reverend Dr. E. Colvin Baird asked the questions preparatory to ordination and the Reverend Paul Allen delivered the charge. After ordination, Court Avenue Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Selmer, Tennessee (Madison Presbytery), called Ken as pastor. He served Court Avenue from April 1976, to November, 1988.
He worked from 1989 to 1992 for the Central Accounting Division at the Cumberland Presbyterian Center while it was located on Union Avenue followed by Bethel College from 1992 to 1994 as a residence hall director until he suffered an unfortunate accident on campus.
In 1994, when Ken needed to return to Memphis to care for his aging parents, Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Church near Atoka, Tennessee, called and Ken served as pastor until recently retiring. According to people who believe such things, the cemetery at Bethel, with markers dating back to the 1830s, is the most haunted place in West Tennessee. Ken scoffed at the idea.
Ken was unmarried.
This article is unfinished.
At Ken's request, a memorial service will be postponed until after the Covid-19 crisis. Memorials may be sent to the institution or charity of your choice.
Ken graduated from Messick High School and from Bethel College; he then enrolled in Memphis Theological Seminary, simultaneously serving as supply pastor for Pleasant Grove Cumberland Presbyterian (C.P.) Church in Moscow, Tennessee. After being ordained in 1976, he served for 12 years as pastor of Court Avenue C. P. Church in Selmer, Tennessee. He also served in different positions at the C. P. Center in Memphis, then at Bethel College. After returning to Memphis in 1994, he lived with and cared for his parents, while also serving as pastor of Bethel C.P. Church near Atoka.
also article written by Matthew Gore
Ministry Council of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church
https://cpcmc.org/rev-kenneth-lee-mccoy/
The Reverend Kenneth Lee McCoy, 72, died in Memphis, Tennessee, on July 12, 2020. He struggled to control his diabetes and was in poor health for the last several years of his life. Known often as Ken, to some as Kenny, and to a dwindling few as Roy’s Boy, the Reverend McCoy was a long-time preacher in Madison and Memphis Presbyteries and then, after middle judicatory realignment, West Tennessee Presbytery. His was a personality, and a voice, larger than life.
Ken was born to Roy Flippin McCoy and Virgina Dale Ward McCoy on January 22, 1948, in Memphis. Roy was a hotel and restaurant inspector for the state of Tennessee. Ken’s uncle was the Reverend Lewis Edgar McCoy, a Cumberland Presbyterian Minister.
Ken was educated in the Memphis city schools, graduating from Messick High School in 1966. He was a “band nerd” and played trombone. He attended Bethel College in the late 1960s when the school thrived from an influx of students, many from New Jersey, spurred by Vietnam era draft deferments. He thrived in his music classes.
Ken lived just off Bethel’s campus at the near legendary “Pop Johnson’s.” His circle of close college friends became his extended family.
Ken came under the care of Memphis Presbytery on April 13, 1967. After graduation from Bethel, he attended Memphis Theological Seminary. While in seminary, Ken served as supply pastor for Pleasant Grove in Moscow, Tennessee, and worked as education minister for Wesleyan Hills United Methodist Church in Memphis.
Ken was licensed April 15, 1972, and ordained at East Side Cumberland Presbyterian, his home church, on January 25, 1976. The Reverend Hinkley Smartt preached the ordination sermon. The Reverend Dr. E. Colvin Baird asked the questions preparatory to ordination and the Reverend Paul Allen delivered the charge. After ordination, Court Avenue Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Selmer, Tennessee (Madison Presbytery), called Ken as pastor. He served Court Avenue from April 1976, to November, 1988.
He worked from 1989 to 1992 for the Central Accounting Division at the Cumberland Presbyterian Center while it was located on Union Avenue followed by Bethel College from 1992 to 1994 as a residence hall director until he suffered an unfortunate accident on campus.
In 1994, when Ken needed to return to Memphis to care for his aging parents, Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Church near Atoka, Tennessee, called and Ken served as pastor until recently retiring. According to people who believe such things, the cemetery at Bethel, with markers dating back to the 1830s, is the most haunted place in West Tennessee. Ken scoffed at the idea.
Ken was unmarried.
This article is unfinished.
At Ken's request, a memorial service will be postponed until after the Covid-19 crisis. Memorials may be sent to the institution or charity of your choice.
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